SICPP Iditarod

The SICPP Iditarod is today! For the uninitiated, SICPP is New England Conservatory’s Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice and is lovingly called “Sick Puppy”. The Iditarod, aside from being a massive Alaskan dog sled race, is our 8+ hour marathon concert of the music prepare by participants. This year’s concert starts at 4pm today in Brown Hall at NEC and here’s the lengthy program:

Program:
HOUR ONE
James Tenney: Percussion Responses: Ergodan II
David Tarantino, Jeffrey Kolega, Cory Bracken, Gary Donald, percussion
Simon Hanes, electronics

Simon Hanes: TBD
Franziska Huhn, harp
Simon Hanes, electronics

Lee Weisert: New England Drift
Elzbieta Polak, violin
Kayleigh Miller, viola
Ben Schwartz, cello
Jessi Rosinski, flute
Rane Moore, clarinet
Barbara Lieurance, piano
Scott Deal, percussion
Julia Tai, conductor

Douglas Farrand: Untitled work for string trio
Elizabeth Barksdale, violin
Karina Fox, viola
Michael Unterman, cello

Ryo Nakayama: Xxxx xxx
Elizabeth Lee, cello
Zach Herchen, saxophone

George Crumb: Madrigals, Book III
Ceceilia Allwein, soprano
Adrienne Bassett, harp
Gary Robert Donald, percussion

HOUR TWO
Tristan Murail: Éthers
Elizabeth Barksdale, violin
Kayleigh Miller, viola
Michael Unterman, cello
Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass
McMillan Gaither, trombone
Jessi Rosinski, flute
Jeffrey Means, conductor

Sara Curzi: Soliloquy
Ceceilia Allwein, soprano
Sara Curzi, electronics

Tristan Murail: Transsahara Express
Christopher Watford, bassoon
Ingrid Lee, piano

Ryan Maguire: City to Summit I. City
Elzbieta Polak, violin
Michael Unterman, cello
Sarah Brady, flute
Alexis Lanz, clarinet
Ryan Maguire, electronics

Lukas Foss: Paradigm
Zach Herchen, saxophone
Kayleigh Miller, viola
Christian Smith, percussion
Maarten Stragier, guitar
Christopher Watford, bassoon
Caroline Park, electronics

HOUR THREE

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kreuzspiel
Emily Hopkins, oboe
Timonthy Fitzgerald, bass clarinet
Kathryn Norring, piano
Stuart Gerber, Ryan Packard, Sayun Chang, percussion
Jeffrey Means, conductor

Eliza Brown: Barely
Jennifer Ingertila, flute

Onur Yildirim: tek hucreliler
Elizabeth Barksdale, violin
Kayleigh Miller, viola
Kathryn Schulmeister, double bass

Tristan Murail: Winter Fragments
Gabby Diaz, violin
Elizabeth Lee, cello
Jennifer Beth Ingertila, flute
Timothy Fitzgerald, clarinet
Danica Borisavljevic, keyboard
Aaron Likness, piano
Caroline Park, electronics
Julia Tai, conductor

HOUR FOUR

Juan Colon-Hernandez: Umbrales Inversos
Elaine Rombola, piano

Victoria Cheah: AEAEA
Gabby Diaz, violin
Nora Krahl, cello
Chelsea Czuchra, flute
Benjamin Irwin, clarinet
Kristen Sienkiewicz, horn
Christopher Moore, trombone
Jeffrey Means, conductor

Alfred Schnittke: Hymn I
Ben Schwartz, Cello
Adrienne Bassett, Harp
Jeffrey Kolega, Timpani

Tristan Murail: Feuilles à travers les cloches
Ethan Wood, violin
Nora Krahl, cello
Chelsea Czuchra, flute
Barbara Lieurance, piano

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Refrain
Jo Zhou, celesta
Christina J Wright, piano
Christian Smith, percussion

Christian Wolff: For Morty
Sid Noah Samberg, piano
Gary Robert Donald, Jeffrey Kolega, percussion

HOUR FIVE

Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians
Elzbieta Polak, violin
Ben Schwartz, cello
Benjamin Irwin, Rane Moore, clarinet
Emily Quane, Ceceilia Allwein, Amirtha Kidambi, Thea Lobo, voice
Maribel Hernandez Tagle, Todd Moellenberg, Elaine Rombola, Laura Ventemiglia, Diana Botelho Vieira, Andrew Zhou, piano
John Andress, Jeffrey Kolega, Ryan Packard, Christian Smith, David Tarantino, Cory Bracken, Sayun Chang, Scott Deal, Gary Robert Donald, percussion

HOUR SIX

George Crumb: Otherworldly Resonances
Gabriela Pérez Acosta, Mauricio Ramos, piano

Elliot Carter: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Elizabeth Lee, cello
Christina J Wright, piano

Luciano Leite Barbosa: Trá
Andrew Zhou, piano
David Tarantino & John Andress, percussion

Shawn Allison: Currents
Zach Herchen, alto saxophone
Philipp Staeudlin, alto saxophone
Aaron Likness, piano
Ryan Packard, percussion

HOUR SEVEN

Isang Yun: OstWest Miniaturen I
Michael Unterman, cello
Emily Hopkins, oboe

Kaija Saariaho: Adjö
Ceceilia Allwein, voice
Jennifer Beth Ingertila, flute
Maarten Stragier, guitar

Masaki Hasebe: Dark N’ Stormy
David Tarantino, marimba

Junghae Lee: Sonorence
Antares Project:
Chelsea Czuchra, flute
Nora Krahl, cello
Barbara Lieurance, piano

Sonorence was written for Antares Project with support from the
Kultur/kulturelles.bl and the Fondation Nicati de Luze in Lausanne.

Philippe Hurel: Tombeau in Memoriam Gérard Grisey
Jack Dettling, piano
Cory Bracken, percussion

HOUR EIGHT!

György Kurtag: Hommage à R. Sch.
Ethan Wood, viola
Benjamin Irwin, clarinet
Christopher Owen, piano

Davide Ianni: Trasparenze d’Accenti
Sarah Brady, alto flute
McMillan Gaither, bass trombone
Sayun Chang, percussion

Morton Feldman: 2 pieces for 3 pianos
Maribel Hernandez Tagle, Todd Mollenberg, Asher Severini, pianos

Nicolaus A. Huber: O dieses Lichts
Antares Project:
Chelsea Czuchra, flute
Nora Krahl, cello
Barbara Lieurance, piano

John Cage: Ryoanji
Anne Goldberg, oboe
Jeffrey Kolega, percussion